Painting a portrait from life - Alla prima demo

This commissioned portrait was painted from life in too many sessions. I pride myself on being a fast painter, but this time I felt I was never going to finish. After having to move the hands, I struggled getting them right without my model’s presence and I wanted to break my brushes and throw them out of the window. Anway, here’s the demo. My palette consists of the colours ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, alizarin crimson, cadmium red medium, burnt sienna, cadmium yellow medium and deep and titanium white. All of them are Van Gogh - Royal Talens, except for alizarin crimson, that’s Georgian - Daler Rowney. I’m using bristle Da Vinci brushes and to clean them a little bit of Gamsol. If your interested to see more of my work, check out my Instagram If you’d like to read about my thoughts and technique, take a loot at my blog: Discover which paintings and art prints are avail